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Trial

1955, Movie, NR, 105 mins

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Courtroom dramas often fail to maintain a high level of interest with their enclosed, sterile settings and inevitable outcomes. This is not the case with TRIAL, an unusually good film due to extraordinary efforts by everyone involved. Ford is an inexperienced lawyer who defends an undoubtedly innocent Mexican youth against a charge of murder. The case very nearly meets its resolution outside the courtroom when an angry mob attempts a lynching. In an unusual casting move for ... read more leave a comment
Year: 1955
Rated NR

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Cast
Glenn Ford: David Blake
Dorothy McGuire: Abbe Nyle
Arthur Kennedy: Barney Castle
John Hodiak: John J. Armstrong
Katy Jurado: Consuela Chavez
Rafael Campos: Angel Chavez

 

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